WDS ta gina gadon shekaru 60 na WDC da FAGS da aka kafa a 1957 ta Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya (ICSU), mu kungiyar magabata, don sarrafa bayanan da Shekarar Geophysical ta Duniya (1957-1958) ta samar. Bayan shekara ta 2007-2008 na duniya ya bayyana cewa waɗannan ƙungiyoyin ba su iya ba da cikakkiyar amsa ga buƙatun bayanai na zamani, don haka taron ICSU na 29th a 2008 ya wargaza su kuma ya maye gurbinsu da tsarin bayanan duniya a 2009.
Manufarta ita ce sauƙaƙe binciken kimiyya ta hanyar daidaitawa da tallafawa amintattun sabis na bayanan kimiyya don samarwa, amfani, da adana bayanan da suka dace, tare da ƙarfafa alaƙarsu da al'ummar bincike. Yana ginawa akan yuwuwar da aka samu ta hanyar haɗin kai na ci gaba a tsakanin sassan sarrafa bayanai don haɓaka aikace-aikacen ladabtarwa da ɗimbin ɗabi'a don amfanin al'ummar kimiyyar duniya da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki.
WDS tana haɓaka 'al'ummomin ƙwararru' a duniya ta hanyar tabbatar da sabis na bayanan kimiyya - Membobin WDS - ta amfani da ƙa'idodi na duniya ta hanyar CoreTrustSeal. Tun daga 20 Yuni 2019, WDS tana da Ƙungiyoyin Membobi 117, ciki har da Membobi 76 na yau da kullun, Membobin hanyar sadarwa 11, Membobin Abokin Hulɗa na 11 da Membobin Abokan Hulɗa 19, yayin da adadin wasu aikace-aikacen ke ci gaba da duba su ta Kwamitin Kimiyya na WDS. WDS yana haɗin gwiwa tare da abokan hulɗa da dama, kamar su Ƙididdigar Ƙididdigar Bincike (RDA) da Kwamitin Bayanai (CODATA).
Tare da Cibiyar Oak Ridge da Jami'ar Victoria, Kanada, Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya ita ce mai daukar nauyin WDS. Akwai tsoffin mambobi uku a cikin Kwamitin Kimiyya na WDS, ɗaya ga kowane ɗayan masu ba da tallafi, da kuma wakilin Sakatariyar ISC yawanci ɗaukar matsayin ISC. Shugaba shine babban wakilin ISC tsohon ofishi. WDS tana gudanar da kwamitinta na Kimiyya (WDS-SC), wanda Hukumar Zartarwa ta ISC ta nada. WDS-SC ita ce ke da alhakin haɓakawa da ba da fifiko ga tsare-tsare don WDS da jagorantar aiwatar da su
ISC tana ba da gudummawa ga haɓakawa kuma ta amince da dabaru da tsare-tsaren ayyuka, da kuma kasafin kuɗi masu alaƙa. Har ila yau, ISC ta kafa da kuma nada kwamitocin gudanarwa / shawarwari na kasa da kasa, tare da yuwuwar membobin ISC su gabatar da nadi a matsayin wani bangare na tsari. ISC kuma ita ce ke da alhakin sake duba WDS, ayyana sharuddan bita, nada membobin kwamitin bita, ba da tallafin wakilan ISC.
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